U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 8, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 165,410,000 broilers, a 3-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 8-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-percent increase in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States.
| U.S. Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broiler Slaughter Report | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | Eggs set | Chicks placed | Eggs set | Chicks placed | Broilers slaughtered | |||||
| change from | change from | 10 weeks previous | 7 weeks previous | |||||||
| 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | ||||||
| – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | |
| November | ||||||||||
| 13 | 241,406 |
103 |
182,041 |
101 | 233,883 | 104 | 180,690 | 100 | 165,399 | 99 |
| 20 | 240,594 |
102 |
183,927 |
104 |
230,803 | 102 | 179,347 | 99 | 163,472 | 100 |
| 27 | 242,318 |
102 |
182,825 |
101 |
228,622 | 104 | 177,414 | 100 | 124,235* | 93 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 4 | 240,848 |
106 |
187,111 |
100 |
234,884 | 104 | 180,874 | 99 | 164,957 | 99 |
| 11 | 238,914 |
101 |
188,520 |
100 |
230,316 | 107 | 177,901 | 104 | 166,001 | 100 |
| 18 | 237,478 |
99 |
187,305 |
98 |
231,808 | 104 | 178,625 | 100 | 163,115 | 98 |
| 25 | 238,478 |
101 |
186,416 |
102 |
229,065 | 104 | 177,957 | 102 | 132,663** | 108 |
| January | ||||||||||
| 1 | 236,267 |
100 | 184,985 |
98 |
234,077 | 105 | 182,041 | 101 | 145,076*** | 105 |
| 8 | — |
— |
— |
— |
238,275 | 108 | 183,927 | 104 | 165,410 |
97 |
* Thanksgiving Holiday
** Christmas Holiday
*** New Year’s Holiday
